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[CITE: 43USC1099]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                  CHAPTER 27--PUBLIC LANDS IN OKLAHOMA
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1099. Division into counties before opening to settlement; 
        reservation for county seats
        
    Before any lands in Oklahoma are open to settlement it shall be the 
duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties 
which shall contain as near as possible not less than seven hundred 
square miles in each county: Provided, That as soon as the county lines 
are designated by the Secretary he shall reserve not to exceed one-half 
section of land in each, to be located near the center of said county, 
for county seat purposes, to be entered under sections 718 and 719 \1\ 
of this title.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 543, Sec. 37, 26 Stat. 1043.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 718 and 719 of this title, referred to in text, were 
repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 
Stat. 2789.
